Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/murin

This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tungusic

Etymology

Possibly a loan from Proto-Mongolic *morïn, whence Mongolian морь (morʹ), Daur mori. Compare also Khitan [script needed] (mo.ri), Korean 말 (mal), Japanese 馬 (うま, uma) and Ainu ウンマ (umma).

Moreover, many mainland and southeast asian languages have words with similar shape and semantic affinity, such as Old Chinese 馬 (OC *mraːʔ), Tibetan རྨང (rmang) and Burmese မြင်း (mrang:) in the Sino-Tibetan branch (see Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-m-raŋ ~ s-raŋ for more) and Vietnamese ngựa, from Proto-Vietic *m-ŋəːʔ, in the Mon-Khmer branch. See also Proto-Indo-European *márkos, whence English mare and Irish marc.

Noun

*murin

horse

Descendants

Northern
- Even: му̣ри̣н (mụrịn)
- Evenki: мурин (murin)
- Negidal: моји̣н (mojịn)
- Oroqen: mʊrɪn
Central
- Oroch: мури (muri)
- Udihe: муи (mui)
South-Eastern
- Nanai: [script needed] (morị̃)
- Orok: му̣ри̣ (mụrị)
South-Western
- Jurchen: muri, 木力 (mu-li /muri/)
- Manchu: ᠮᠣᡵᡳᠨ (morin)

References

Cincius, V. I. (1975) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ tunguso-manʹčžurskix jazykov: Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju [Comparative Dictionary of Tungus-Manchu Languages: Materials for an etymological dictionary] (in Russian), volume 1, Leningrad: Nauka, pages 558-559
Kane, Daniel (1989) The Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary of the Bureau of Interpreters (Uralic and Altaic Series; vol. 153), Bloomington, Indiana: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University, →ISBN, page 216.
Kane, Daniel (2009) The Kitan language and script (Handbook of Oriental Studies series, Section 8: Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 19), Leiden; Boston: Brill, page 102